Trains

Winner of the prestigious IDFA Grand Prize, Maciej Drygas’s powerful and haunting Trains is crafted entirely from international archive footage. Using sound design and a thoughtful, observing eye, it reveals both the joyous anticipation, the birth of leisure, as well as the profound tragedy associated with trains and travel by train in the twentieth century. Everyday moments of commuting and tea-time are interspersed with more tragic events of the century. A profound meditation on history, the power of images and our responsibility to see and use them wisely.

Trigger warning – contains images of the consequences of warfare.